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Yes, a photo of an unnaturally tightened vagina, giving the wife discomfort or outright pain during sex going forward in an effort to "make the vagina tighter for the husband", sounds fucking hilarious.

Especially since they very rarely ask if they can do it, and if they do, they ask the husband. It's surprisingly barbaric in this day and age.

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Holy shit, what? Do you have anything I can read about this?

Not parent - I don’t know anyone who’s been a victim of it, but here’s some reading.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husband_stitch

This is indeed what I was referring to. And while it's not super common, there's a number of women who self report getting them on social media.

Of course, social media is social media, but as noted in the wiki article, it's definitely still a thing.

With luck and enough sunlight as disinfectant, it will go away with the last of the doctors trained in the 50's, 60's and 70's.

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